Acting
John Martin
Born — Died
1922-05-12 — 2005-01-25
Place of birth
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Known for
Acting
Credits
2 titles
John W. “Johnny” Martin (May 12, 1922 – January 26, 2005) was an American Army non-commissioned officer and World War II veteran. He served as a Staff Sergeant with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, and was one of the original members of the company trained at Camp Toccoa, Georgia. Born in Columbus, Ohio, Martin worked as a railroad employee before enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1942 and volunteering for the airborne forces. He completed his training at Camp Toccoa and Fort Benning before deploying to England with Easy Company in preparation for the Allied invasion of Europe. Martin parachuted into Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and p…
Known for
8.6Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company parachuting into Normandy early on D-Day morning, participants in the Battle of the Bulge, and witness to the horrors of war, the men of Easy knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear - and became the stuff of legend. Based on Stephen E. Ambrose's acclaimed book of the same name.
Band of Brothers
2001
7.4Over a period of two years, Mark Cowen and his crew travelled to thirty U.S. states and ten European cities, to interview the veterans of Easy Company. The stories told by the veterans themselves, create a history of the Second World War from the point of view of this heroic company of men, made famous in the mini-series Band of Brothers.
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company
2001